Dumping-car.



H. GREER, JR. DUMPING GAE.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV.14, 1910.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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H. GREER, JR. 'DUMPING OAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14,1910.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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H. GREER, JR.

DUMPING CAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1910. L@35,578. Patented Aug. 13,1912.

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- Patented Aug. 13,6512

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H. GRl-Jtiit, d n. DUMPING GAR. APPLICATION mum Nov. 14, 1910.

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DUMPING CAR;

APPLICATION FILED 11017.14, 1910.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

H. GREER,Jn.

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' lax H. GREER, JR.

DUMPING GAR. APPL10ATI(1N FILED NOV.14, 1910.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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. HOWARD. 53., or vaivsron, rumors, assie-Non TO CARTER. H. FITZ-HUGH .nnnrnnnnmcg 2. runner; BOTH or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

pUMBING-CAB.

v useful Improvements in Dumping-Cars, of

which the following is a specification.

In cars of this character the bodies are maintained against dumping action by means of'chains secured to the body of the car and which are also anchored to the truck frames and these chains are submitted to severe strains and sudden shocks due to the surging of the car, with the result that the chains frequently break thereby causing consideral'ile damage and inconvenience. To overcome these objections and (lliliclllties and 'to provide improved means whereby the truck springs may be utilized for compensat-mg the strains and shocks on the chains,

"without interfering with the cushioning action on the springs on the car body, is one of the objects of the present invention.

A. further object is to provide improved means whereby the'chains may bc readily secured in position and as readily detached or removed when desired.

A further object is to provide an improved door construction whereby the doors will be reinforcedand braced equally throughout their length.

A still. further object to provide an improved end structure or the car.

A further object is to provide an improved yar of this clmracterwvhich will be simple. durable and cheap in construction .and efi'ertive and ellicient in operation.

To the attainment otthese ends and the amomplishment of other new and useful objects. as will appear, the invention consists m the features of novelty in the con sir-notion, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully de scribed und claimed and shown in the aceompanying drawingsshowing an exemplifi'oation of the invention, and in which-- Figure l. is a detail view partly in elevation and partly in section of one end of an improved car of this character constructed in accordance with the. principles of this invention. Fig. 9. is a detail sectional view on line 2 -2, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is an enlarged detail elevation of a portion of the truck frame showing the cushioning springs Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Application filed November 14, i910. Serial No. 592,166.

for the truck holster. Fig. 5 is a. detail top plan view partly in section and with parts removed, showing the truck bolster and the compensating means for the body chains. 4 tional view of a portion of the bolster guide. Fig. 7 is a detail view partly in section of the spring plank. Fig. 8 is an elevation of. one half of one of the side doors of the-car. Fig. 9 is a top plan view of one of the side doors. Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view on line 1010, Fig. 8. Fig. ll is an elevation of one of the ends of the car body. Fig. 1? is an elevation of the center plate of one of the ends of the our. view on line 1313, F ig. 12, with parts in. elevation. Fig. 1% is a rear view of the ad-. justahle plates shown in Fig. 12. Fig. l5 is a detail sectional View on line 1:7 -15, Fig; 12. Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view on line 16--l6, Fig. 12. Fig. 17 is a detail sectional View on line 17l7, Fig. 9. Fig. 18 is a sectional view on line l8-18, Fig. 9. Fig. 19 is a sectional view on line 19-19, Fig. 8.

Referring more particularly to the drawings and in. the present exemplilicatjon of the invention the numeral 20 designatesigen- Fig. 13 is a sectional v Fig". (3 is an enlarged detail 0 erally the side bars of the car truck which 24 are adapted to move between the usual holster guides 25 supported by the side bars 20 of the truck and may be of any desired construction but are preferably constructed of angle irons. The center plate 26 of the holster is secured to the top plate 2? and is provided with the usual aperture for the king pin 28. The springs 29 rest upon the spring plank 30 and disposed between the ends of the springs :29 and the spring plank 30 is a plate or member designated generally by the reference numeral 31, which is preterably constructed of two angle ilfU'l the portions 32 of which rest against ea h ther and project umvardl above the spring plank 30 so as to stand between the springs 29. This plate or member ill projects beyond the bolster 24 for a slight distance. as shown more clearly lll Fig. 5. and the flanged portion 32 beyond the end of the holster is provided with one or more apertures 33, shown more clearly in Fig. 3. The sills 34 of the var rest "ipon the truck bolster and the car b dy "I; is; supported.

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v by the throu gh the medhimofped'es' tals 36 and'the car b'ody'has a pivotal move- Hme'nt with respect to the pedestals whereby I dumping movement'by means of the chains the car may be dumped to-onesideor the otherofthetruck. m y

The car-body 35 is maintained againstlts 37 which-latter may be ofany ordinary construction. One extremity of ,each of the chains is secured to the carbody 35 and in order that this end may be readily detached from the" cai' body when desired,--a detachable fastening means which :will now. v be,

described: is provided. The bottom off the car body may be braced by means of channel irons'38, a'nynumber ofwhich' mayhbe provided, and the flanges 39 thereof are provided with registering aperture's. A0

. (se'e particularly Figs. "2 and 3),, A.fasten- 291mg pinorbolt lpasses through registering-fapcrtures in the flanges-39-and also through one of the links of the cliain..3 7 The'fast'ening pin is heldagainst accidental displacement by" means 0f: cotter pins 42 which pass through each end: of the fastens ing pin -11 and on the outside offlthe flanges 1 3 9; Thus it will be seen thatin the event of the bending of the pin or bolt 41 either one or the other of the cotter pins 42'maybe1re moved and the fastening pin or bolt readily removed; The flanges 39 beingspaced some distance from each other, the-iend of the chain 37 'will be capable of movement he apertures 33 in the flanged port-ion 32 on the I I tween the flanges 39 and on the fastening pin or bolt 41 to permit the cartottravel Laround acurve which willcause the end of the chain to'slide on the fastening pin, or bolt 41 and therebyprevent wrenching or damaging of the parts. The other extremity ofeach-of the chains 37 is Idetachably secured to the flanged portion 32 which is, disposed between the springs29and which rests upon the spring plank 30, and for this purpose fasteninghooks .43 areprovide 'on the end of the chain, one end of whichhook is pivotallyconnected to the chain so that it may be passed through either one of the end ofthe plate which projects beyond the bolster and a link 44- is provided Which detachably engagesthe extremity of the hook portion 43.- Itwill thus be manifest that when it is desired to dump the carbody 35 all that is necessary is to remove or detach the link'44 from its engagement with the extremity of the book 43 which will permit the hook 43 to be detached from the aper 'ture or opening 33 in the plate 31. If deslred, a similar hook 455 may be provided intermediate the ends of the chain. With this improvedconstruction, the chains 37 will maintain the body 35 in a horizontal position and when the body 35 rocks or surges, a strain or sudden jar .will be imparted to one or the other of the chains 37 Whichwill cause that chainj,to,rais e,v the end tof -the plate fl t which it is connected and thereby compress the springs 29 of the'truck from the bottom, while at the same time the cushioning efi'e'cts er; the springs .on the ,,tru'ck; bolster 24* will not beimpzured. The

in the nature are compensator and-thereby p event the ,chai'ns'dromr beingdainaged by the Suig fig a tion 'of' the car-.1 4 a @Thejdoo'rs constitutin" thesidesi of the ,car body-comprise members 46 which may be constructed of afl'y" suitable material but preferably of E v'thod and each) is gfyaalength .to ,ext'end'tlie 'e'ntii'e leng'fthiof- -[the car.

,. These meinbers'd'fi aresuperposed-;'with the edge'pf' one memberadjacent the-edge of ,fthe oth'er a nd a substantially T-shaped an- .gle member having a web 47'and a 'body'4:8 is, arranged so that the 'web' 47 vwilli-projept between the iidj'ac'el'it' edges of 'the members ingagalinst" one face of each of the members clearly in Fig. 18 so'a's to protectythe edge of the 'door against wearor damage which ,would be caused by falling articles, and a similar angle iron 52"is' arranged at the lower ou'ter'edge oft-he doors'o as to protect that edge thereof. A lface plate-53 is secured, to .th [inin'er {face of the door and against which'the members46 rest; ,A-niemb'ei" M which may be constructed of any suit-able material; preferably rwood, is aradjacent edges of the members tti and the 5:1 is of a width'to extend for some distance on; both side'stbf the'body ofth'e member 48 and also extends'for somevdistance on each side of the longitudinal cent-er of, the door. An'an'gle bar or member '55 is provided adjacent eachend of the inember 54;;md which is of a substantially L-shaped .,formation. One of the flanges of thememberfrfib engages outer face thereof. The other flange of this angle member 55 extends between the adjacent portion of the member 54 and the members 46. Another angle bar or member 56 similar in construction to the angle member 55 is also provided adjacent each end of the springs 2t l'will thus' actfupon the chains 37 inner u'pp'er'ed'ge of thedoor as shown moreangle member 'therebetween.-: @This member.

4 6 andwith'i'ts body ls engaging and rest-,

A6 andioi ej'lapping the edges thereof. wflhe rangedto overlap the jointrformed by the v and extendsacros's the end of theymember 54 to project for 'somedistance-.;beyond the member 54 and this angle member 56 is disposed so that one of its rests against the outer face of the end of the member 54 in close-proximity to the fiange of the an 1c member 55 which engages the end and extends beyond the outer face of the member 54. The other flange of the angle member 56 engages and rests against: the last referred to flange of the angle member These engaging flanges of the members 55 and 56 are respectively provided with apertures 57, 58, which register with each other and in which port-ions of truss rods orbars 59 are seated. One exflanges engages and tre1nity of each of thcsetruss rodsor bars :19 projects into recesses 60 which open through the outer'face of the members 46 and are closed by the end plates 49. The extremities of the truss bars or rods project beyond the end plates 49 and vi ed on their free extremities with nuts or co; r351 which-engage and rest against the portion of the end plates .49 which have env gagement with the ends of the members 46.

rranged at the longitudinal center of the .door thus formed and resting against the outer face of the membr 54 is a center plate designated generally by the reference numeral 62, which latter is provided with I rearwardly projecting flanges 63, 64, at the top and bottom thereof and whichflanges engage over and rest noon the upper and lower edges of the mem or 54. This center plate 6211s also provided with spaced laterally projecting ears or lugs 65, each of vhich is provlded with an aperture therethrcugh and through which apertures one extremity of each of the truss rods or bars 59 project. The extremities of opposite russ rods or bars 59 terminate short of each hers.

in order to provide ivi'iereby the other and are preferably threaded as at 66 to receive nuts or collars 67 which latter are located between opposite ears or projections us, It will thus be seen thatthe center plate 62 acts in the nature of a turn buckle by means of which the tsuss bars or rods 59 may be tightened.

it will be apparent that a door constructed in this manner will be braced or reinforced througlnmt' its entire length and that comparatively light material may be employed '1 its construction, while at the same time a door having a maximum will be produced.

The frontaud rear ends of the car body are constructed in a. similar manner and comprise two members 68 similar to the members 4-6, which are superposed in a simier manner and at reinforcing Tehaped nn'nbor is provided. he webtiil of which projects between the adjacentextremities of sneniembers 68 and the body 70 of which against the outer faces of these menr amount of strength are protudinally with r be seen that the front and rear ends of the car may constructed of varying heights without necessitating the construction'of a center plate of '72, (see igs..12 to 14).v One of these secthe section 72,- is provided with an tions,

offset portion 73 adjacent its center so as to extend longitudinally thereof, nd the other section 7'1 is provided with a recessed port-io-n 74 adapted to receive the oifset portion A 73. One of these sections, preferably the section 72, is provided with'elongated slots 75 adapted to receivebolts or fastening de vices 76, which latter-pass tures in the adjacent portion 71 so that byluosening the fastening devices 76 the two sections may beadjusted longit to each other and when thus adju'ste the fastening devices may be again tightened to secure the parts in their adjusted positions with res ectto each other.- The section 71 is pre erably. provided with a flange 77 which is adapted to extend'over and rest upon the top edge of the upper member 68. The center plate thus formed may be secured in position in any suitable manner, preferably by means of fastening devices 78 passing through the respective sections and the members 68.

The dumpi links 79 aresecured by one through aper of the section extremity to tie section 71 of the center plate and by their other extremities to the respective side doors, and additional links 80 are provided which are connected to the other section 72 and one pair of tho-links 79.

In order to connect the ends of the links to the respective parts so that they may be readily detached, fastening pins or bolts 81., similar in constrncthm to the fastening pins or bolts 41 are provided. These fastening bolts comprise a pinwhich passes through the links and the adjacent member to which they are connected and are themselves held against displacement by means of cotter pins QQwhich passthrough the extremities of these fastening devices 81.

pins or fastening devices 811 may be removed or detachedjby removing either one of the cotter pins 82. e v c What is claimed as new is- 1. In a dumping car, the combination of bolster springs, adu'mping body, body chains for maintaining-the body against dumping movement, and means connecting the chainswith the said springs.

2. in a dumping car. the combination of bolster springs, a dumping body, body chains for maintaining the body against dumping It will thus movement, and means connecting the chains against 

